Daily Archives: March 4, 2023

2023-03-04: News Headlines

Alexander Rubinstein (2023-03-04). Top Biden officials address pro-war rally led by Ukrainian Nazi supporters. thegrayzone.com USAID's Samantha Power joined EU and US officials rallied at the Lincoln Memorial at a pro-war demonstration organized by a clique of Ukrainian activists that have described themselves as "true Banderites" and "Right Sektor's Washington DC branch." High-ranking Biden foreign policy officials including USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried observed the first anniversary of Russia's military operation in Ukraine at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. There, on February 25, …

JANET (2023-03-04). NYC: Sunday 3/5 Rally 4pm Commemorating Hugo Chávez U.S. Hands off Venezuela! Free Alex Saab! iacenter.org Join us in commemorating 10 years since the passing of Comandante Hugo Chávez. He strove to liberate the Venezuelan masses from poverty and US imperial domination, to serve the people, and to arm them politically & organizationally. Chávez nationalized Venezuela's natural resources to benefit the people and introduced medical and social programs for the poor. As we mourn our fallen hero, we also pledge to redouble our efforts to defend the socialist values that Comrade Hugo Chávez upheld. Comandante Hugo Chávez Presente! Our demands: * U.S. Hands OFF Venezuela! * NO Sanctions on the Venezuelan people! * FREE kidn…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-04). US announces fresh sanctions against firms involved in Iranian oil and petrochemical exports. peoplesdispatch.org The list of companies sanctioned include a firm based in Vietnam, two in China, one in the UAE, and two in Iran. The US accused these firms of being "knowingly engaging" in the transport of Iranian oil and petrochemicals in violation of existing sanctions…

Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War. (2023-03-04). March 4 Demonstrations Against Sanctions. popularresistance.org In solidarity with the Syrian people, suffering the unjust and unilateral coercive economic measures taken by the US and its European allies, the End the Siege Campaign has been established in cooperation between different popular movements and activists in the Arab world, Europe, and North America. | The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4, 2023, in a series of synchronous protests in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, UK, Slovakia, Ireland, and Germany. The event in Canada will take place at noon this Saturday in front of the US…

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute For Social Research. (2023-03-04). Who Die For Life — Like Hugo Chávez — Cannot Be Called Dead. popularresistance.org On 28 October 2005, a special event was held in Caracas at the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. At this gathering, held on the birthday of Simón Rodríguez (Simón Bolívar's teacher), the Venezuelan government announced that nearly 1.5 million adults had learned to read through Mission Robinson, a mass literacy programme that it initiated two years earlier. The mission was named after Rodríguez (who was also known by the pseudonym Samuel Robinson). | One of those adults, María Eugenia Túa (age 70), stood beside President Hugo Chávez Frías and said, 'We are no longer poor. We are rich in kn…

Alexander Rubinstein (2023-03-04). Top Biden officials address pro-war rally led by Ukrainian Nazi supporters. thegrayzone.com USAID's Samantha Power joined EU and US officials rallied at the Lincoln Memorial at a pro-war demonstration organized by a clique of Ukrainian activists that have described themselves as "true Banderites" and "Right Sektor's Washington DC branch." High-ranking Biden foreign policy officials including USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried observed the first anniversary of Russia's military operation in Ukraine at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. There, on February 25, …

JANET (2023-03-04). NYC: Sunday 3/5 Rally 4pm Commemorating Hugo Chávez U.S. Hands off Venezuela! Free Alex Saab! iacenter.org Join us in commemorating 10 years since the passing of Comandante Hugo Chávez. He strove to liberate the Venezuelan masses from poverty and US imperial domination, to serve the people, and to arm them politically & organizationally. Chávez nationalized Venezuela's natural resources to benefit the people and introduced medical and social programs for the poor. As we mourn our fallen hero, we also pledge to redouble our efforts to defend the socialist values that Comrade Hugo Chávez upheld. Comandante Hugo Chávez Presente! Our demands: * U.S. Hands OFF Venezuela! * NO Sanctions on the Venezuelan people! * FREE kidn…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-04). US announces fresh sanctions against firms involved in Iranian oil and petrochemical exports. peoplesdispatch.org The list of companies sanctioned include a firm based in Vietnam, two in China, one in the UAE, and two in Iran. The US accused these firms of being "knowingly engaging" in the transport of Iranian oil and petrochemicals in violation of existing sanctions…

Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War. (2023-03-04). March 4 Demonstrations Against Sanctions. popularresistance.org In solidarity with the Syrian people, suffering the unjust and unilateral coercive economic measures taken by the US and its European allies, the End the Siege Campaign has been established in cooperation between different popular movements and activists in the Arab world, Europe, and North America. | The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4, 2023, in a series of synchronous protests in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, UK, Slovakia, Ireland, and Germany. The event in Canada will take place at noon this Saturday in front of the US…

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute For Social Research. (2023-03-04). Who Die For Life — Like Hugo Chávez — Cannot Be Called Dead. popularresistance.org On 28 October 2005, a special event was held in Caracas at the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. At this gathering, held on the birthday of Simón Rodríguez (Simón Bolívar's teacher), the Venezuelan government announced that nearly 1.5 million adults had learned to read through Mission Robinson, a mass literacy programme that it initiated two years earlier. The mission was named after Rodríguez (who was also known by the pseudonym Samuel Robinson). | One of those adults, María Eugenia Túa (age 70), stood beside President Hugo Chávez Frías and said, 'We are no longer poor. We are rich in kn…

Jared Gans, The Hill. (2023-03-04). Protesters Disrupt House China Panel's First Hearing. popularresistance.org Protesters disrupted the first hearing of a House select committee investigating potential threats that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses to the country and U.S.-China competition late Tuesday, arguing that the country should cooperate with China instead of competing with it. | "China is not our enemy," read a sign held by Olivia DiNucci, an organizer for CODEPINK: Women for Peace, which advocates against the United States engaging in wars and "regime change efforts." A CODEPINK release states that DiNucci delivered a message that "The American people need cooperation, not competition with China" before she…

People's Dispatch. (2023-03-04). US Renews 'National Emergency' Against Venezuela, Keeping Sanctions. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, March 1, US President Joe Biden renewed a directive declaring a state of national emergency "with respect to the situation in Venezuela." Titled Executive Order 13692, the measure was first implemented by former President Barack Obama in 2015 citing an "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States." The EO was accompanied by sanctions against seven Venezuelan officials. | EO 13692, which has been renewed for another year, provides an expansive basis for the US to continue to impose illegal and brutal unilateral measures against the Bolivarian Repu…

americanthinker (2023-03-04). Politicized Black History And The Great American Shakedown. americanthinker.com It's appropriate for America to have an honest reckoning with its slave past, but that's not what's happening here, as activists pervert history for money.

DXE (2023-03-04). Activists Call for End of Gas Chambers, Deliver Undercover Pig Slaughter Footage to USDA in Berkeley. indybay.org An investigator journeyed 26 feet underground to hide a camera inside a CA slaughterhouse that kills pigs with CO2 gas.

Michael Welch (2023-03-04). Twenty Years after the Start of the War in Iraq, People Around the World are still Raging Against the War Machine. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-03-04). Venezuela: Jorge Rodríguez Criticizes Inadequate Infrastructure for Disabled People. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, March 2, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Deputy Jorge Rodríguez, urged the deputies to exercise the function of comptroller of the laws enacted for the benefit of all the Venezuelan people. | Rodríguez entered the Federal Legislative Palace's session chamber in a wheelchair due to a temporary disability in his left leg. He shared on social media that he was there to "do his job," but no further information was provided about the cause of his temporary disability. | Rodríguez called on the members of the National Assembly in the absence of ramps and other measures and devices that allo…

Staff (2023-03-04). Venezuela's Peasant Movement Demands Justice for Assassination of Carlos Bolívar (+Los Tramojos). orinocotribune.com At approximately 5: 30 a.m. on Thursday, March 2, Carlos Bolívar, a member of the Peasant Platform in Guárico state, was assassinated. Since 2018, he had been fighting to rescue Los Tramojos, a plot of land disputed with a landowner. The Platform for Peasant Struggle and the National Peasant Movement reported in a statement that Bolívar was assassinated while beginning his work in Puerto Carrizalero-Camaguán, Guárico. | "Bolívar was a historic leader in the struggle to rescue the Los Tramojos ranch, an emblematic case of the Admirable Peasant March, national leader of the Platform for Peasant Struggle and the Nati…

Staff (2023-03-04). Perú declara Estado de Emergencia por intensas lluvias en 56 provincias. cubadebate.cu Debido a las fuertes lluvias en varias regiones del norte del país, el Gobierno peruano decretó el viernes el Estado de Emergencia por al menos 60 días con el objetivo de ejecutar medidas y acciones que garanticen la protección de los ciudadanos ante los intensos aguaceros. La medida regirá en más de 230 distritos pertenecientes a 56 provincias.

Staff (2023-03-04). Vea a partir de las 10:00 a.m. en Desde Cuba: øQué podría pasar en el Clásico Mundial de Béisbol? cubadebate.cu El Quinto Clásico, al cual dedicaremos este Desde Cuba, se celebrará del 8 al 21 de marzo en cuatro ciudades de Asia y América. Cuba es parte del grupo A junto a Italia, Taipéi de China, Panamá y Países Bajos. Sobre lo que se espera ver en el evento y la preparación realizada, les informamos en en nuestro espacio audiovisual, a partir de las 10: 00 a.m. de este sábado.

Staff (2023-03-04). Alain Pérez: "La música es una forma de sentir y ser" (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Alain Pérez por sí solo es una academia musical. En el escenario se maneja con total soltura y acapara toda la atención del público. Su maestría como ejecutante y la inquietud por experimentar con nuevos géneros y formas de hacer, son los motivos por los que probablemente muchos artistas y musicólogos lo consideran como el instrumentista más completo que tiene hoy la mayor de las Antillas.

Staff (2023-03-04). El arma secreta de YouTube para volver a conquistar a los creadores: grandes mejoras con inteligencia artificial. cubadebate.cu Google y YouTube, según datos de SimilarWeb, son los dos sitios web más visitados del mundo. Estos auténticos reyes de Internet son escoltados solo por otro gigante de la red como lo es Facebook, de Meta. øQué tienen en común estas tres plataformas? Sus empresas matrices están haciendo lo posible para no perder la posición que han conseguido.

Staff (2023-03-04). La dramática vida de Aldo Gamba. cubadebate.cu El escultor de la fuente del cabaret Tropicana y el monumento a Máximo Gómez tuvo alegrías y tristezas en Cuba. Escritores y artistas cubanos pidieron que se le retirara el premio por el conjunto escultórico dedicado al Generalísimo, que fue levantado casi dos décadas depués de concebido. Un día, el escultor salió de su casa y no llegó a ninguna parte. Su rastro se perdió para siempre. Esta es su historia.

Staff (2023-03-04). Garantiza empresa avileña tuberías y conexiones de polietileno para obras hidráulicas y sectores estratégicos. cubadebate.cu Obras hidráulicas en el país y sectores estratégicos, como la agricultura, tendrán garantía este año de tuberías y conexiones de polietileno de alta densidad que fabrican en la Empresa Ciegoplast, de Ciego de àÅvila, la primera de su tipo en Cuba. El plan de materia prima a procesar en este 2023 es de 6000 toneladas, superior a las 4200 del año anterior.

Staff (2023-03-04). Primer ministro cubano recibió al embajador de Singapur. cubadebate.cu En el encuentro trascendió el avance de la cooperación bilateral en sectores como el turismo, la biotecnología y la administración portuaria. El embajador singapurense se refirió a las coincidencias que unen a los dos países, a pesar de la distancia geográfica, y calificó de excelentes las relaciones bilaterales.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-03-04). Bolivia respalda plan de México contra la inflación en Latinoamérica. telesurtv.net Entre los países que diseñará el plan se encuentran Brasil, Colombia, Cuba y Argentina.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-03-04). ALBA Movimientos debate crisis sistémica del capitalismo global. telesurtv.net Alba Movimientos es un instrumento de integración que nos ayuda a mirar de forma conjunta para enfrentar esos tiempos de inestabilidad.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-03-04). Rusia destaca impronta de Hugo Chávez en la comunidad global. telesurtv.net Canciller ruso, Serguei Lavrov, expresó que "incluso los opositores de Hugo Chávez reconocían la magnitud de su personalidad".

teleSUR, MER (2023-03-04). Presidente Maduro rechaza extensión del decreto de EE.UU. sobre Venezuela. telesurtv.net El mandatario aseguró que gracias a la unión de la clase obrera el país va saliendo adelante y va venciendo las sanciones impuestas.

Staff (2023-03-04). Finaliza programa de trabajo de delegación cubana en Azerbaiyán. cubadebate.cu La delegación cubana para la Cumbre del Grupo de Contacto del Movimiento de Países No Alineados (MNOAL) en respuesta a la COVID-19, encabezada por el Vicepresidente Salvador Valdés Mesa, concluyó hoy su programa de trabajo en Azerbaiyán, sede del evento, en el cual se abordaron las acciones conjuntas para la recuperación pospandemia.

Staff (2023-03-04). Recibe Díaz-Canel Medalla de Oro del Comité Olímpico Internacional. cubadebate.cu Tomas Bach, presidente del Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI), entregó hoy al primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel, la Medalla de Oro del COI, como reconocimiento a su respaldo al movimiento olímpico mundial.

Staff (2023-03-04). UNE pronostica una afectación de 166 MW en horario pico de este sábado. cubadebate.cu Para el horario pico se estima la entrada de la unidad de Puerto Escondido con 20 MW, la entrada de la unidad 3 de la CTE Santa Cruz con 80 MW, la entrada de la unidad 5 de la CTE Nuevitas con 90 MW (en proceso de arranque) y la entrada de 2 motores en la patana de Melones (34 MW). Con este pronóstico, se estima para la hora pico una disponibilidad de 2704 MW y una demanda máxima de 2800 MW, para un déficit de 96 MW.

Staff (2023-03-04). Desmienten noticias falsas sobre cierre de la oficina de legalización de documentos del Minrex. cubadebate.cu Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, director general de Asuntos Consulares y Atención de Cubanos Residentes en el Exterior, desmintió hoy noticias falsas relacionadas con un supuesto cierre de la oficina de legalización de documentos del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba (Minrex). Según explicó el funcionario en Twitter, el proceso se realiza de manera habitual.

Staff (2023-03-04). Conozca mejor a los integrantes de #elCubaClásico: Leyva y Bolaños. cubadebate.cu Cubadebate ya está en tiempo de Clásico Mundial de Béisbol. Te seguimos presentando cada día a 2 de los 30 integrantes de nuestra selección nacional. El Cuba al Clásico es el equipo de todos.

Staff (2023-03-04). El tiempo: Calor y escasas lluvias. cubadebate.cu Las temperaturas mínimas estarán entre 19 y 22 grados Celsius en localidades del interior, superiores en zonas costeras. La tarde será calurosa, con temperaturas máximas entre 31 y 34 grados Celsius. En la noche las temperaturas estarán entre 23 y 26 grados Celsius.

Staff (2023-03-04). Dan a conocer el calendario de la 62 Serie Nacional de Beisbol. cubadebate.cu La Comisión Nacional de Beisbol (CNB) reveló hoy el calendario regular de la 62 Serie Nacional de Beisbol, prevista para comenzar el 22 de marzo venidero. La justa reserva 15 subseries de cinco partidos para cada equipo, sinónimo de jugar un total de 75 hasta el 10 de junio.

Staff (2023-03-04). Subasta en Festival del Habano recauda la cifra récord de más de 11 millones de euros. cubadebate.cu La subasta de humidores —cajas para guardar puros— de la XXIII edición del Festival del Habano recaudó la cifra récord de 11 220 000 euros que, como es habitual, se destinarán al sistema cubano de Salud Pública. Con la presencia del presidente Díaz-Canel, la tradicional subasta se realizó en el recinto ferial de Pabexpo.

Staff (2023-03-04). Qué trae la prensa cubana, sábado 4 de marzo de 2023. cubadebate.cu

Staff (2023-03-04). Tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este sábado 4 de marzo. cubadebate.cu Con el objetivo de mantener informados a sus lectores, Cubadebate comparte las tasas de cambio para diferentes divisas extranjeras vigentes este sábado 4 de marzo en el mercado cambiario del país.

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